Assembly Bill A2866

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to building new one-family residential construction

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2866 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§240 & 241, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2697
2013-2014: A4896
2015-2016: A3968
2017-2018: A1653
2019-2020: A2389
2021-2022: A5963
2023-2024: A2006

2011-A2866 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to building new one-family residential construction.

2011-A2866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2866

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CALHOUN, KOLB, HAWLEY, MOLINARO, THIELE, DUPREY,
  SAYWARD, P. LOPEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY,  BURLING,
  CROUCH, OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to contractors building new
  one-family residential construction

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 240 of
the labor law, as amended by chapter 241 of the laws of 1981, is amended
to read as follows:
  All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one  and
two-family  dwellings  who contract for but do not direct or control the
work AND CONTRACTORS BUILDING NEW ONE-FAMILY  RESIDENTIAL  CONSTRUCTION,
in  the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning or
pointing of a building or structure shall furnish or erect, or cause  to
be  furnished or erected for the performance of such labor, scaffolding,
hoists, stays, ladders, slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, braces, irons,
ropes, and other devices which shall be so constructed, placed and oper-
ated as to give proper protection to a person so employed.
  S 2. The opening paragraph of section 241 of the labor law, as amended
by chapter 670 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
  All contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one  and
two-family  dwellings  who contract for but do not direct or control the
work AND CONTRACTORS BUILDING NEW ONE-FAMILY  RESIDENTIAL  CONSTRUCTION,
when  constructing  or  demolishing buildings or doing any excavating in
connection therewith, shall comply with the following requirements:
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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